{"id":7995,"date":"2014-05-23T14:29:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=7995"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:19:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T17:19:31","slug":"weekly-recap-why-cios-shouldnt-fear-the-cloud-javas-popularity-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/weekly-recap-why-cios-shouldnt-fear-the-cloud-javas-popularity-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Recap: Why CIOs shouldn&#8217;t fear the cloud, Java&#8217;s popularity, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why the cloud is about to explode in the business world, why businesses should care so much about security, which programming language is most popular in the enterprise, and more.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20140520\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140523_CIOsShouldntfearcloud_Java']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/t\/java-programming\/employers-want-java-skills-more-anything-else-242925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Employers want Java skills<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nJava development was the most sought-after software-building skill by employers in the first quarter of 2014&#8211;by a long shot. What does that mean? Despite the growth of other languages, Java still remains the go-to choice for enterprise applications.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why do organizations need a chief data analytics officer<\/span><br \/>\nA data and <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'KPI Dashboard']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.crazybikes.com\/mrcjava\/servlet\/CRAZYBIKES.Dashboard?name=KPI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">analytics<\/span><\/a> aware culture is not present in most businesses. Why not? Because revenue and profits are still flowing in at the end of the month and there is no sense of urgency or importance. There is basically no fire to do things differently. These organizations need to make a convincing and strategic choice to become analytical aware and create a culture of data opportunities. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why today\u2019s CIOs shouldn\u2019t fear the cloud<\/span><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'Cloud development']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/8-questions-to-ask-before-developing-applications-on-the-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">Cloud deployment<\/span><\/a> is one of the fastest ways for businesses to reach new customers and breathe new life into existing platforms, and it\u2019s about to explode in the business world. A 2014 Gartner survey reveals that cybersecurity \u2013 once the number one concern for enterprise cloud adoption \u2013 is becoming a lower strategic priority among CIOs.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20140523_CIOsShouldntfearcloud_SecurityProfitability']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/operations\/why-security-and-profitability-go-hand-in-hand\/a\/d-id\/1252679\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Why security and profitability go hand-in-hand<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe threat landscape has evolved tremendously during the past several years, yet many businesses\u2019 priority lists have stayed the same. Learn why areas like <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'web dev security']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/7-key-web-application-development-software-security-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">application security<\/span><\/a> ties in so closely with profitability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: In this week&#8217;s article roundup, we learn why the cloud is about to explode in the business world, why businesses should care so much about security, which programming language is most popular in the enterprise, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly Recap: Why CIOs shouldn't fear the cloud, Java's popularity, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Summary: In this week's article roundup, we learn why the cloud is about to explode in the business world, why businesses should care so much about security, wh"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7995"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13959,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995\/revisions\/13959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}